An Anthology of Italian Poems (Selections)
Thirty poems from Lorna de' Lucchi's 1922 facing-page anthology, from St Francis and the Sicilian poets through Dante, Boccaccio, Lorenzo de' Medici, Ariosto and Tasso to Foscolo, in her verse translations.
Measured across the book
Across its 786 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 96%). Alliteration runs at 0.86 times what shuffling the words would give (0.25 observed against 0.29 expected). 14% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
San Francesco d'Assisi: Laudes Creaturarumiambic pentameter · 32 linesCielo dal Camo: O lovely, fragrant rose, born on a summer's dayiambic hexameter · AABB · 84 linesFederigo II: Since, love, 'tis thy desire that I should find a tuneiambic hexameter · 27 linesRinaldo d'Aquino: O comfort doth avail me noughtiambic trimeter · ABABCDCD · 64 linesCiacco dell'Anguillaia: O gem so soft and rare, O dainty little fayiambic hexameter · AABB · 45 linesGuittone d'Arezzo: O glorious Mother of sweet Jesus, byiambic pentameter · 14 linesCompiuta Donzella: What time the world doth put forth leaves and flowersiambic pentameter · 14 linesRustico di Filippo: When God created Messer Messerin'iambic pentameter · 14 linesGuido Guinizelli: IN verity I'd sing my lady's praiseiambic pentameter · 14 linesCecco Angiolieri: IF I were fire, I'd burn the world ; if windiambic pentameter · 14 linesLapo Gianni: This tender roseiambic pentameter · ABBA · 28 linesDante Alighieri: Beyond the sphere enfolding all the spheresiambic pentameter · 14 linesGiovanni Boccaccio: I am young and fain to singiambic tetrameter · AABB · 31 linesLorenzo de' Medici: Trionfo di Bacco e Ariannatrochaic trimeter · 62 linesLodovico Ariosto: MY lovely lady doth adorn her faceiambic pentameter · ABAB · 19 linesLodovico Ariosto: When a fierce wind goes raging byiambic tetrameter · 10 linesVittoria Colonna: O when the tender breeze and my sweet lightiambic pentameter · 14 linesLuigi Alamanni: Therefore, proud Italy, I, by God's graceiambic pentameter · 14 linesFrancesco Berni: The deuce, a roast of scraggy quails, a bitiambic pentameter · 17 linesGiovanni Guidiccioni: O thou most worthy mother of the greatiambic pentameter · ABABCDCDEFGFEG · 14 linesGaspara Stampa: Ladies, who of my lord would fain be toldiambic pentameter · 14 linesGaspara Stampa: Deeply repentant of my sinful waysiambic pentameter · 14 linesTorquato Tasso: This is not death, immortal Margaretiambic pentameter · ABABCDCD · 8 linesTorquato Tasso: From the mantle of nightanapaestic dimeter · 12 linesGabriello Chiabrera: When mighty Italy drew in her trainiambic pentameter · 14 linesGabriello Chiabrera: I hear them say, and openlycommon measure · 24 linesAlessandro Tassoni: Relations mine (if any still remain)iambic pentameter · 17 linesFulvio Testi: Not the world's fickle favours, noriambic tetrameter · 28 linesVincenzo da Filicaia: Italia, O Italia, upon whomiambic pentameter · 14 linesUgo Foscolo: All'amica risanataiambic tetrameter · 96 lines
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